Several North Texas school districts have banned certain books from library shelves due to complaints from parents and politicians.
On Tuesday, the Texas Library Association walked through its next plans as it tries to refute some of the attacks they are seeing.
Throughout North Texas many school districts such as Keller ISD and Granbury ISD have had tense meetings, which led to the district to look over its book selection. Keller ISD had 38 books flagged, about half returned back to the libraries. The associations' next strategy under the 'Texans for the Right to Read' will organize a steering committee made up of community members who want to speak up go to the board meetings and give their opinions.
Shifting educators' focus away from teaching, resulting in loss of valuable instructional time, does a disservice to the students of Texas at a time when many are struggling to catch up after two years of challenges due to the pandemic.
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